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November 6, 2024 // Today marks a new era for the Canadian team competing in SailGP with the unveiling of a new name, the NorthStar SailGP Team. Inspired by Canada’s northern spirit and dedication to excellence, the NorthStar SailGP Team is steadfast in…
The Nacra 17 European Championships is set to commence in Palermo, Sicily, marking the first major international regatta for Australian sailors in the new Olympiad on the road to the LA 2028 Olympics. Paris 2024 Olympians Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown return…
(Hamilton, Bermuda – 5 November 2024) – France’s Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink by Normandy Elite team of Louise Acker, Maëlenn Lemaître, Sophie Faguet and Laurane Mettraux clinched victory at the 2024 Aspen Bermuda Women’s Match Racing Regatta…
After a stunning year on the water, sailing’s highest achievers were honoured at the World Sailing Awards ceremony at Singapore’s historic CHIJMES Hall. The 2024 Rolex World Sailor of the Year awards were presented to Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist…
The 2024 J/70 NSW Championship was sailed from 2-4 November 2024 from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, with 14 boats from clubs around Australia and even some international visitors amongst the crews. Tim Ryan skippered his Vamos team to their…
Luke Deegan, from New Zealand has won the 2024 OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after a shortened week of challenging conditions with only four races completed. Britain’s Charlie Cumbley took silver while Niklas Edler, from Sweden, took the bronze….
(Hamilton, Bermuda – 4 November 2024) Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson and his Berntsson Sailing Team of Herman Andersson, Oscar Angervall and Björn Lundgren have won their fourth Bermuda Gold Cup, successfully defending their 2023 title by narrowly defeating Switzerland’s Eric Monnin/…
Just two weeks remain until the highly anticipated 30th HARKEN International Youth Match Racing Championship, and the excitement is palpable! This year’s event promises to showcase some of the Southern Hemisphere’s finest youth match racing talent, with thrilling matchups between…
Digitalisation has changed sailing. Technologies once reserved for Grand-Prix are permeating every level of the sport, giving sailors the ability to adopt elite racing and training practices – elevating the game across the board. Leader in wireless load sensing, Cyclops…
Anticipation is building as sailors worldwide prepare for the 2025 Hansa World Championships, set to be hosted at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport, Australia. Fresh off the recent Hansa Class Asia Pacific Championships at Southport Yacht Club,…
(Hamilton, Bermuda – 2 November, 2024) Match racing veterans Eric Monnin from Switzerland (Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team) and Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson (Berntsson Sailing Team) will meet again in tomorrow’s final at the 72nd Bermuda Gold Cup after winning their…
Another impressive performance by the talented Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiff crew of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz secured the team their second win of the series when they took out Race 2 of the Australian 18…
Luke Deegan, from New Zealand has taken the lead at the 2024 OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after just one more race was sailed on Saturday. Overall, Britain’s Charlie Cumbley dropped to second while Sweden’s Niklas Edler climbed to…
After winning her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris, 37-year-old Caterina Banti has decided to step back from competitive sailing. This choice was a thoughtful one; she feels a pull toward new life adventures beyond the wind and waves….
(Hamilton, Bermuda 1 November 2024). – Denmark’s Kristine Mauritzen and her Team Seagulls upset the form book on Day 3 of the Aspen Bermuda Women’s Match Racing Regatta. They defeated regatta leader Julia Aartsen (NED) 3-2 in the best-of-five quarter-final…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October 2024) The final four skippers advancing to the semi-final were decided today on Day 3 of the Bermuda Gold Cup in Hamilton Harbour. Defending 2023 event winner Johnie Berntsson (SWE) joins Chris Poole (USA), Nick Egnot-Johnson…
The world’s best skippers are making their final preparations for the “Everest of the seas”—the 24,300 mile non-stop round-the-world solo epic that is the Vendée Globe. “It’s a combination of factors that makes this race as extreme as it is—two-and-a-half…
Newport, R.I. — The New York Yacht Club is pleased to announce the inaugural International Women’s Championship, a female-only competition that will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 37-foot IC37 yachts, September 12 to 19, 2026. “The New York Yacht Club…
Charlie Cumbley, from Britain, leads the OK Dinghy European Championship in Palma after the first three races were sailed on Thursday in Palma Bay. Luke Deegan, from New Zealand, is second, on equal points with Britain’s Matt Howard. All three…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October 2024) The Netherlands’ Julia Aartsen and France’s Pauline Courtois completed the round robin stage of the inaugural Aspen Bermuda Women’s Match Racing Regatta yesterday in a joint lead, each with six wins and one loss. The…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 31 October, 2024) Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, 2023 defending champion of the Bermuda Gold Cup and three-time winner of the event, completed the round robin stage of this year’s Bermuda Gold Cup event with six wins out of seven…
Great consistency is a winning formula Since the beginning of last season’s (2023-24) 18 footer campaign, the Vaikobi team of Kirk Mitchell (skipper), Andrew Stephenson (sheet hand) and Daniel Barnett (bow) have been one of the most consistent teams in…
You can’t be what you can’t see, so the old saying goes. At Manly 16ft Skiff Club, a record number of females are entering the various classes on the back of the path paved by some of Australia’s finest women…
There is a lot more to SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) than meets the eye, as organisers at Townsville Yacht Club continue their mission to make sure the Island’s community benefits from the annual event in more than the…
The OK Dinghy European Championship was opened in Palma Tuesday evening with 82 sailors from 14 nations completing registration. Hosted by the Real Club Nàutico de Palma, it will be the first ever international OK Dinghy championship to be held…
(Hamilton, Bermuda 29 October, 2024) The 2024 Bermuda Gold Cup kicked off today in exhilarating 18-22 knot conditions in Hamilton Harbour, providing the ideal stage for the world’s top match racing teams to master the challenging International One Design (IOD)…
World Sailing is inviting proposals for exhibition events at the 2026 and 2027 World Sailing Championships. Successful events will also have the opportunity to be considered for inclusion in future World Sailing events and the Olympic Games programme from 2032. …
The Etchells National and World Championships in January 2025 at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, are attracting a range of international performers across classes including the most recent Star Class World Champions, John Kostecki and Austin Sperry. “I am still…
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Six. The International One Metre World Championships are complete. By day three of the regatta, two sailors…
Former Kiwi flight controller Andy Maloney has opened up about his decision to leave the Black Foils and join incoming team Brazil on the start line of next season. Maloney’s departure marked one of the highest profile athlete transfers in…
The Swan One Design Worlds came to a dramatic conclusion today in Palma de Mallorca, with the world champions in three ClubSwan Racing classes crowned — two by a single point — and the season-long Nations League contest ultimately decided….
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Five. The second last day of the IOM World Championships was, for the leaders, akin to a…
Race 2 of the 2024 Sixt Spring 18 footer Championship was conducted by the Australian 18 Footers League on Sydney Harbour today when 16 of the club’s teams faced the start in a 8-12 knot north-east wind, which produced much…
The GWA Wingfoil World Tour crowned two new world champions in the Wave discipline at the third and final stop of the season after an epic day of action in the left-hand break of Ibiraquera in southern Brazil. The US’s…
Have you wondered what happend to the classic maxi Brindabella? The iconic maxi yacht and former Sydney-Hobart line honours winner, Brindabella, will compete in next February’s 75th running of the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. This special…
2024 IOM World Championships in Gladstone Queensland, Australia. Hosted by the Australian Radio Yachting Association and the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club Day Four. Day four was magnificent. Perfect conditions greeted the competitors today, 10-15 knots from the East, which…
No two of 67 starters in this year’s PIC Coastal Classic are identical. That is where the handicap system kicks in, giving opportunity to any boat no matter how big, small, new or old, to take away a victory based…
Australia’s Paul McKenzie finishes 5th overall and 1st Grand Master. Italy’s Alessandro Marega has won the Finn European Championship in Cannes after the final day brought even more drama and turnarounds. Valerian Lebrun, from France, ended up second, and also…
67 yachts set sail from Auckland this morning in the much-anticipated 2024 PIC Coastal Classic, one of New Zealand’s premier yachting events. The fleet departed from Devonport in nearly perfect conditions, with a moderate breeze of 10 to 12 knots…
The fourth day of the 2024 Finn Open Europeans was, and is, filled with drama and uncertainty after a day of waiting for wind, then multiple restarts and finally multiple hearings in the jury room. As this report goes out…
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